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(Budapest) The Hungarian government has announced that the provisions of its controversial new law against homosexuality will apply to churches and schools. Posted on Aug 7, 2021 at 12:16 PM La « Loi contre la Pédophilie » a été adoptée en juin et visait à l’origine à durcir les sanctions contre les abus contre les enfants, mais des amendements ont été ajoutés pour interdire la “promotion de l’homosexualité” des moins de 18s years. The government decree outlining the ways in which the law is applied regulates the “display or representation” of products that “express homosexuality” or represent “a perversion of…

The fine line is between legality and inequality in compulsory vaccination for all, according to May-Claude Gravel, an attorney specializing in labor law that was passed to TVA Nouvelles on Friday. • Read also: Vaccination is permissible: What are the implications for bars and restaurants? • Read also: CEGEPs and Universities: No mask or space in class at CEGEPs and Universities • Read also: Vaccination Permissibility: ‘We’ve seen enough people suffer and die,’ pleads Dr. Simon “It is like balancing the advantages of compulsory vaccination obligations against the disadvantages; we are talking here of collective law versus individual law,” said…

The fine line between legality and inequality in compulsory vaccination for all is according to Claude Gravel, a lawyer who specializes in labor law who runs through TVA Nouvelles. • Read also: Towards compulsory vaccination? : ‘We’ve seen enough people suffer and die’ • Read also: Compulsory vaccination of health care workers: mixed reactions in Morrissey • Read also: Vaccination of Federal Employees: The Sagweni union is not sounding the alarm “It’s like balancing the advantages of compulsory vaccination obligations against the disadvantages; we’re talking here of collective law versus individual law,” says Claude Gravel. Governments will have to study…

(Avidence) Several regions in Greece continued to burn on Friday, a week after a heat wave that turned the country into a “powder keg”, while Turkey faced an equally critical situation. Posted Aug 6, 2021 at 7:11am Updated at 11:37 am WILL VASSILOPOULOS France media agency Thick waves of smoke still escaped Friday evening from a large-scale outbreak that broke out on Tuesday north of Athens and has resumed sharply since Thursday at the foot of Mount Barnes. “We are suffocating again because there is a violent resumption of shooting,” said Spyros Fritos, mayor of the city of Charnes, 30…

Beijing | Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that China will strive to provide 2 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the world this year, and pledged $100 million for Covax’s international vaccine distribution system to the poorest countries. • Read also: Fourth wave: soon passport vaccination, Legault confirms • Read also: COVID-19 vaccine and virus transmission: what do we know? “Throughout this year, China will strive to provide two billion doses of vaccine to the world,” the Chinese president said in a message to a video forum dedicated to cooperation in the field of vaccination. He added that…

On Wednesday, local authorities said at least 10 people were killed in Texas, near the border with Mexico, in a truck crash carrying about 30 people who may be illegal immigrants. Texas authorities said they were investigating a “major incident” near the town of Valvorias, just a few kilometers from the border with Mexico. Screenshot / CNN A Ford pickup truck was heading north on a highway when it skidded and hit a metal utility pole and traffic light, a witness said. Texas authorities said the driver and nine passengers were killed at the scene. According to a local official,…

(SAN FRANCISCO) A massive fire ravaged a northern California town overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, just hours after authorities ordered residents to evacuate as the fire approached. Posted Aug 5, 2021 at 12:01am Updated at 7:26 am. The small town of Greenville of about 800 residents in the north of the state was inundated with the Dixie Fire, a fire that ravaged California for three weeks, fueled by intense heat, irritating drought and persistent winds. “I would say the majority of downtown Greenville is completely destroyed,” fire photographer Stuart Bally wrote on Twitter and posted photos of the disaster. “My…

Huge fires emerging from the forest and visible from the sea attest to the severity of the disaster that, according to firefighters, appears uncontrollable due to the rugged terrain and lack of visibility. While 12 threatened villages and hamlets were evacuated, three monks initially refused to leave St. David’s Monastery, located on a mountaintop near Rovis, north of Euboea, identified police and firefighters. According to the Greek news agency, the monks were evacuated on Wednesday evening. Authorities called on residents of Ruvis and nearby villages to leave their homes and gather on the beach, according to the Afghan National Army.…

Washington | A White House official said, on Wednesday, that the United States, whose borders remain closed to large numbers of foreign travelers, plans to eventually reopen to fully vaccinated people. The source said Washington is developing “a phased approach that means, with limited exceptions, that all foreign nationals coming to the United States – from all countries – must be fully immunized,” without giving a timeline. The official said working groups dedicated to this issue are “working to develop a policy to be ready, when the time comes, to move forward toward this new system.” The tone is very…

Washington, United States | Donald Trump’s lawyers filed a plea on Wednesday to try to block the former US president’s tax returns from being sent to congressional Democrats, arguing that he was targeted for exclusively political reasons. • Read also: Anniversary in the committee finally downgraded to Obama His lawyers asserted that “the demands are targeting President Trump because he is a Republican and a political opponent,” speaking of “retaliation” in their argument presented in federal court in Washington, DC. Democrats, who control Congress, have been trying for years to get tax secrets from the 45th president of the United…